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This listing contains all the analytical materials posted on the Russia Matters website. These include: RM Exclusives, commissioned by Russia Matters exclusively for this website; Recommended Reads, deemed particularly noteworthy by our editorial team; Partner Posts, originally published by our partners elsewhere; and Future Policy Leaders, pieces by promising young scholars and policy thinkers. Content can be filtered by genre and subject-specific criteria and is updated often. Gradually we will be adding older Recommended Reads and Partner Posts dating back as far as 2011.

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Expert Survey: Is Nuclear Arms Control Dead or Can New Principles Guide It?

RM StaffJuly 30, 2019
RM Exclusives

With the INF Treaty's end in sight, what arrangements could emerge from the rubble of U.S.-Russian arms control and what should be their guiding principles? Eight leading international experts weigh in.

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Russia’s FDI Outlook Grim, with No Chinese Rescue in Sight

Nicholas TrickettJuly 11, 2019
RM Exclusives

Investment in Russia has plummeted for many reasons, both in and out of Moscow’s control. Meanwhile, the country is drifting toward an increasingly closed economy, with interest groups jostling for pieces of the state-funded pie.

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Jihadists from Ex-Soviet Central Asia: Where Are They? Why Did They Radicalize? What Next?

Three authors draw on field work and other research to assess the motives, prospects and threats linked to Central Asian jihadists, including the thousands who joined Islamic State and other violent extremists in the Middle East.

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Five Nations Bicker Over Whether the Caspian Is Lake or Sea

Rahim RahimovSeptember 05, 2018
Partner Posts

While the countries' leaders hailed the summit as a historic success, experts noted that the convention failed to resolve any disputes and instead merely formalized the existing status quo.

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Survey: What Next for the Iran Deal and What Will It Mean for US-Russian Relations?

RM ExpertsMay 10, 2018
RM Exclusives

Eight experts on nuclear nonproliferation, security and the Middle East weigh in on the implications of President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the JCPOA.

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Measuring National Power: Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia in Decline?

Simon Saradzhyan and Nabi AbdullaevMay 04, 2018
RM Exclusives

Russia’s standing in the world—both real and perceived—has a profound impact on U.S. security and policies, as well as on Moscow's actions. This report offers a unique quantitative stocktaking of Russia’s national power.

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25 Years of Nuclear Security Cooperation by the US, Russia and Other Newly Independent States: A Timeline

At a time when the U.S. and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union still saw each other as mortal enemies, they found the courage, creativity and capacity for trust to work together in the name of preventing nuclear catastrophe.

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In France, Would a Macron Victory Spell Defeat for Putin? Or a Shift to ‘Multipolarity’?

Mathew BurrowsMay 05, 2017
RM Exclusives

Russia will not necessarily suffer from a Macron victory in France. In fact, if it’s willing to accept a stronger Europe, it may get a bit of the multipolarity and pragmatism it has long sought.

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Russia Looks Out for Own Interests in Europe’s Elections But Risks Long-Term Blowback

Yuval WeberApril 19, 2017
RM Exclusives

Liberals worry about Russian meddling in elections from France to Bulgaria. But Moscow didn’t create Euro-skepticism; it's just good at exploiting existing fissures in Western societies—and has been for a long time. Here's where that may lead.